Artificial; self-induced; not naturally occurring. [L. factitius, made by art, fr. facio, to make]
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fac·ti·tious fak-'tish-əs adj not produced by natural means
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adj.
produced artificially, either deliberately or by accident, and therefore not to be taken into account when the results of an experiment are considered or a diagnosis is being made.
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fac·ti·tious (fak-tishґəs) artificially induced; not natural. Called also factitial.Medical dictionary. 2011.